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Iowa Health - Des Moines is an affiliate of Iowa Health System, the state's first and largest integrated healthcare system.
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Facts
Iowa Methodist Medical Center, Blank Children's Hospital and Iowa Lutheran Hospital merged in 1993 to form Iowa Health - Des Moines. The $600 million healthcare organization also includes multiple physician organizations and more than 40 primary care physician clinics throughout central Iowa. Iowa Health - Des Moines is an affiliate of Iowa Health System, the state's first and largest integrated healthcare system. Iowa Health - Des Moines' mission is "to improve the health of our communities through healing, caring and teaching."
- Iowa Methodist Medical Center - Established in 1901, Iowa Methodist Medical Center is the state's largest private hospital. Other areas of specialization include orthopaedics, cancer care at the John Stoddard Cancer Center, heart and vascular care, general surgery and women's services.
- Blank Children's Hospital - Blank Children's Hospital was established in 1944 and remains Iowa's only hospital dedicated solely to serving the healthcare needs of children. Blank Children's features a Level II Pediatric Trauma Center, Level III NICU and a staff of more than 60 pediatric sub specialists.
- Iowa Lutheran Hospital - Established in 1914, Iowa Lutheran Hospital is Iowa's largest private hospital-based mental health facility combing advanced medical care with diagnostic treatment, child and adolescent psychiatry, women's services, general surgery and cardiovascular services along with cardiac rehab, emergency care and a variety of other outpatient services.
- Methodist West Hospital - Methodist West is a 95 bed hospital with all private, spacious rooms, offering a full complement of medical care. Services include; cardiac cath lab, orthopaedics, maternity, emergency department and surgery.
- Iowa Health Physicians and Clinics - Our physicians and clinics are located throughout central Iowa and are ready to care for your entire family from pediatrics to geriatrics. There are more than 175 healthcare providers specializing in a number of subspecialties including: mental health, physical medicine and rehab, infectious disease, rheumatology, mammography and OB/GYN.
- Iowa Health - Des Moines provides unique, specialized care through the following: John Stoddard Cancer Center, Younker Rehabilitation Center, Counseling Centers for Central Iowa, Powell Chemical Dependency, Iowa Health Home Care, Taylor House Hospice, Occupational Medicine, Iowa Health Eye Surgery/Laser Eye Center and Outpatient Therapy Services.
- Iowa Health - Des Moines reaches out to the community to provide education and state of the art care with HeartReach Mobile Lab, Corporate Wellness Services, Life Flight, LiveWell events, the Center for Healthy Communities and the Center for Advocacy and Outreach at Blank Children's Hospital.
- Executives for Iowa Health - Des Moines are Eric Crowell, CEO and president of Iowa Health - Des Moines, Steve Stephenson, MD, executive vice president and COO of Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Iowa Lutheran Hospital, and David Stark president of Blank Children's Hospital.
| In a Year. |
Numbers |
| Staffed Beds |
779 |
| Admissions |
30,064 |
| Emergency Visits |
78,927 |
| Births |
4,107 |
| Surgeries |
33,991 |
| Volunteers |
5,177 |
| Physicians |
1,017 |
| Local Employees |
5,569 |
| Licensed Nurses |
1,788 |
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